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• Management: Significant experience managing software teams from small software groups to large systems software integration groups of 20+ members.

• Cable TV: Possess a working knowledge of Scientific Atlanta digital set top environment, as well as the General Instrument cable set top environment including, GI CFT2200 with appropriate head end equipment.

• GPS: Extensive background in differential GPS, including RTCA-DO-217, RTCM-SC-104 versions 1 & 2, Magnavox and Motorola differential data formats. Background also includes knowledge of several DGPS receivers Trimble, Magnavox, Motorola, Ashtech, and Litton , and knowledge of ARINC 743A Airborne GPS Receiver specifications and the FAA Software Certification Standard RTCA-DO-178B.

• Communications/Protocols: All IP related protocols TCP, SNMP, UDP, FTP, TFTP, RIP, etc . Solid background in several other protocols V.35, DS1 [T-1], ISDN/BRI, EIA/RS 232/422/449, Ethernet, MAC layer protocols, ARP, X.25, OSPF, ISDN, CLNP, IDRP, Integrated IS-IS HDLC NRM, ARM , LLC-1, LAP-B. Specialty knowledge in ARINC proprietary protocols EACARS, ARINC 429 Avionics protocol standard and ARINC 724B, ACARS, specification.

• Software Languages: Strong background in C Uniware, Microtec, Intermetrics, Borland, Microtec, and Microsoft C compilers . Motorola 68020 Assembly language, PL/I, ADA, Pascal, Fortran, and Basic languages.

• Operating Systems: Significant experience working with UNIX System V including the use of the UNIX Make utility, SCCS, and C shell. Knowledgeable in DOS on IBM PC compatible machines, as well as pSOS and MTOS on embedded hardware platforms. Set-top OS s like VxWorks and PowerTV.

• Hardware: Possess experience working with several cable set top devices/head-end equipment, Motorola 680x0 VME based platforms, SUN SPARC IPX systems, and Applied Micro, and ZAX in-circuit emulators for Motorola 68020 Micro processors. Protocol analyzer experience includes Atlantic Research 4600 and 6600 and PC based protocol simulators LM1, SCC, and Pacific Avionics 429 emulators, as well as, PC and SUN based multiport controllers.

• Founding member of start-up venture targeting collection of audience viewing information from digital cable TV systems.
• Involved in identification and definition of specific product offerings based on technology and target customer market.
• Responsibilities included: requirements, design, sub-contractor hiring and contracts, schedule and execution of product.
• Other duties include business plan development, resource planning, marketing, customer research and identification, as well as negotiations and contracts with hardware/software suppliers.

• Member of a small systems engineering team designing a state of the art, 100M digital air ground VHF network.
• Responsible for determining requirements, protocols, interfaces and system decomposition for a very large air ground network to be deployed over all land covered areas of the globe.
• System will allow any aircraft to talk to its airline host or CAA through this digital RF network.
• Data will be passed over both IP based protocols and ISO protocols like CLNP.
• The system was modeled using OO systems design techniques.

• Lead of 5 software and systems engineers that designed return path applications for GI CFT2200s delivered on a RF proprietary cellular return path or over COTS supplied ES&F.
• Responsibilities included: system design and requirements, allocation of requirements to the appropriate COTS products and customer supplied HW, and interface definition.
• Responsible for setting and managing customer expectations and for bringing to a positive conclusion any customer issues.
• Managed project budget, profit margin, project scope, product requirements, and customer invoicing.
• The resulting system included a custom designed hardware RF modem and ground up software development of 68340/MX919A code including a custom protocol for delivery of cable return data from a 2000 unit cell.
• The GI CFT2200 API application would gather data and return the data over the RF modem or ES&F on a two way cable plant.
• At the head end the data was retrieved and sent to a web server over the Internet for inclusion in a proprietary application.
• Data could be accessed from the web via HTML from the Oracle data base .

• Responsible for generating proposals, seeking new business opportunities, and providing technical evaluation of potential corporate acquisitions.
• Monitor and evaluate performance of 5 senior software engineers.
• Make project assignments based on the capabilities of individual engineers.
• Responsible for ensuring product quality by following ISO-9001 development and business processes.

Lead of 20-25 systems, hardware, software, and test engineers. 4 million dollar project with a very aggressive 11 month schedule that allows global data communications for the airline industry. Responsibilities included: technical content, team selection, schedule, and process quality. VME/68040, Cisco, APC, C code, pSOS

Manager of 8-12 person technical team developing Air to Ground RF Ground Stations. Responsible for technical leadership, performance evaluation and status reporting. Also responsible for employee training and developmental needs.

Lead of 15 -18 software, systems and test engineers. The resulting Aircraft datalink system has been successfully sold internationally. Responsible for all technical aspects of the ground station portion of system, including the software architecture, systems component selection, component integration, project/team management and validation of product quality. C code, pSOS OS

Responsible for delivery of 68040/VME based VHF ground station in very short time frame 2 months . Developed estimate, produced plan, oversaw execution of plan and verified quality of product. C code, pSOS OS

Manager of 8 software engineers developing air/ground voice services and GPS related software.

Lead of 4 member software team. Primary contact to the Systems Engineering group during the System-Level Requirements and Design phases. Responsible for ensuring continuity throughout GPS related software products. Lead SW engineer on end-to-end differential GPS message delivery and verification to commercial airlines system. Responsible for SUN-based product that broadcasts validated differential messages to aircraft and then validated that the uplinked data was correct. C Code, UNIX System V

SUN based prototype differential GPS message delivery system. This product decoded RTCM-SC-104 from a Trimble differential receiver and delivered an ARINC defined DGPS message over ACARS to a Litton airborn DGPS receiver for aiding in an aircraft precision approach. C Code, UNIX System V

This PC based differential delivery system delivered an RTCM-SC-104 differential message as an ACARS printer uplink to an aircraft avionics demonstration pallet. The aircraft pallet included a PC based ACARS 429 printer emulation that presented the uplinked message in a readable format. C Code, DOS OS

Responsible for all phases of the project life cycle including establishment of milestones, coordination of tasks within and between different functional areas, and the organization of the workload for programming team in order to meet deadlines. This release was successfully fielded onto a live network. C Code, MTOS OS

Involved in all phases of software development. Design, coding, testing and integration of software for a real-time, multitasking micro processor based communications system that functions as a condenser and message processor for a nationwide air to ground communications system used by commercial airlines ACARS . Source code was in C running on a proprietary real-time operating system. The development environment was UNIX. C Code, MTOS OS

As a member of technical review board for ACARS was responsible for the evaluation of technical options and making recommendations to senior level management.

Software design and documentation followed ARINC Software Development Standard based upon DoD-STD-2167A.

B.S. Computer Science Youngstown State University
Minor: Mathematics Youngstown, Ohio 44425
Minor: Electrical Engineering Tech. June 1987

• AEEC meeting in Houston, TX, October 1991, Asian Aerospace Show and 4th annual Air Traffic Symposium in Singapore, February 1992. Lead Software engineer and software support for demonstration of DGPS over ACARS with the addition of aircraft avionics emulation.
• ORD flight testing trials, Houston, TX, August 1991 - July 1992. Trials of Differential GPS over ACARS data link with testing of Litton avionics aircraft in real world environment.
• WCNS symposium in Reston, VA, June 1993, Dallas Fort Worth DFW American Airlines flight testing, Dallas, TX, June 1993 - Present Lead software engineer for incorporation of DGPS message integrity and data link integrity, and support of DGPS flight test with commercial aircraft in real world environment.